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"form": "laughter a person's laughter",
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"word": "smile"
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"word": "yay!"
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"ref": "1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock",
"text": "There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town.",
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"The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound."
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"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "aččara",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "аччара"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"feminine"
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"word": "gajasje"
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"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "saḳ",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ሳቅ"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍaḥik",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ضَحِك"
},
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"roman": "ḍiḥk",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿrkʿiǰ",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "քրքիջ"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cicaġ",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ծիծաղ"
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"code": "rup",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "arãs"
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{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "gülüş"
},
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "qəhqəhə"
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "barre"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "smjex",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "смех"
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"roman": "róhat",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ро́гат"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "haśi",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "হাসি"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smjah",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "смях"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "raimau:hkrang:",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ရယ်မောခြင်း"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"masculine"
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"word": "riure"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "rialla"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"word": "riallada"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "笑聲"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàoshēng",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "笑声"
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"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smích"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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"word": "latter"
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"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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"word": "gelach"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ridado"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "naer"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "nauru"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rire"
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{
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ridade"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ridi"
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"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "risa"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sicili",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "სიცილი"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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"word": "Gelächter"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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"word": "Lachen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gélio",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "γέλιο"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gélōs",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "γέλως"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ts'khok",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צְחוֹק"
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"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "potawa"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "hansī",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "हंसी"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "nevetés"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hlátur"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "tawa"
},
{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ketawa"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "gelak"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gáire"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "risata"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "riso"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"alt": "わらいごえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "waraigoe",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "笑い声"
},
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"alt": "わらい",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "warai",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "笑い"
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"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "guyu"
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{
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "külkı",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "күлкі"
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"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑmnaəc",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "សំណើច"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "k’aak",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ក្អាក"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hɑh",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ហស"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "haah",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ហាស"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "useum",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "웃음"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ken"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "külkü",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "күлкү"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "kuluu",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "кулуу"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sīang hūa",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ສຽງຫົວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rīsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cachinnus"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "smiekli"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juokas"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lachen"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sméa",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сме́а"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ketawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "daħq"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "hāsya",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "हास्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "laughter"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ineed",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "инээд"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "dloh"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "latter"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ris"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "risada"
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{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "směxŭ",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "смѣхъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "směxŭ",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смѣхъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hleahtor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "kolfa"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 26 10",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "হাসি"
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "id",
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"code": "it",
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "웃음"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ken"
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{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "külkü",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "күлкү"
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{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
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"word": "кулуу"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sīang hūa",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ສຽງຫົວ"
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "rīsus"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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"word": "cachinnus"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"plural"
],
"word": "smiekli"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juokas"
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{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Lachen"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sméa",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сме́а"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ketawa"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daħq"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "hāsya",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "हास्य"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "laughter"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ineed",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "инээд"
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{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "dloh"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "latter"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ris"
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "risada"
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{
"code": "cu",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"masculine"
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"word": "смѣхъ"
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{
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смѣхъ"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hleahtor"
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{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "kolfa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xande",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "خنده"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "śmiech"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "risada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risos"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "asiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "râs"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "râset"
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "riez"
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "riöz"
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{
"code": "rm",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "riem"
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
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"word": "risada"
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "risaglia"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смех"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sc",
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"word": "risida"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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{
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"word": "smeh"
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"code": "dsb",
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"code": "hsb",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"word": "směch"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "risa"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "tawa"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xanda",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "ханда"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐang hǔa rɔ́",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "เสียงหัวเราะ"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"code": "tk",
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{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṣḥq",
"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "𐎕𐎈𐎖"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"tags": [
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"word": "сміх"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"word": "ре́гіт"
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{
"code": "ur",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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],
"word": "ہنسی"
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "sự cười"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "tiếng cười"
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{
"code": "yi",
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"sense": "sound (as) of laughing",
"word": "געלעכטער"
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"word": "ծիծաղ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"word": "քրքիջ"
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "笑"
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "movement of the muscles of the laughing face",
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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"word": "rire"
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"code": "de",
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"neuter"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "sɑmnaəc",
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"word": "សំណើច"
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"code": "lo",
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"word": "ສຽງຫົວ"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "qu",
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"english": "She was such to see in her visage / like that woman that men on a bier notice; / Her face which was the image of Paradise / had totally changed to another kind; / the play, the laughter men tended to find / on her, and all her joys as well / had left, and there Cressida now lies alone.",
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"word": "laughtre"
},
{
"word": "leiȝtir"
},
{
"word": "laȝtir"
},
{
"word": "lauȝtur"
},
{
"word": "laughtir"
}
],
"word": "laughter"
}
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